Over the past week, the MSCI Mexico IMI 25/50 Index is stumbling and what is left of the index's 2019 gains is less than half the year-to-date returns of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Bond market woes ...

Heading into 2019, there was no shortage of market observers calling for a rebound in emerging markets stocks. After tumbling in 2018, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is obliging bulls to start 2019 with ...

Mexico exchange-traded funds (ETFs) gained on Tuesday after reports surfaced that U.S. President Donald Trump could be backing down from his initial $5 billion demand to fund a proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall to avoid a government shutdown. "We have other ways that we can get to that $5 billion that we'll work with Congress," said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. "We will work with Congress if they will make sure we get a bill passed that provides not just the funding for the wall, but there's a piece of legislation that's been pushed around that Democrats actually voted 26-5 out of committee that provides roughly $26 billion for border security including $1.6 billion for the wall," she said.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador was recently sworn in as Mexico's 58th president, but will the recent regime change result in a "Feliz Navidad" for the country as a whole and Mexico-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs)? Early signs point to "yes" as President AMLO, his more familiar moniker, has taken early steps in the right direction. This stymied the momentum of Mexico-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) like the iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF (EWW) and Direxion Daily MSCI Mexico Bull 3X ShsETF (MEXX) --EWW gained as much as 3% on Monday's trading session, while MEXX rose as high as 9%.

As U.S.-Mexico border tensions escalate, the momentum of Mexico-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) like the iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF (EWW) and Direxion Daily MSCI Mexico Bull 3X ShsETF (MEXX) have become tenuous the past month as the country's newest president is set to take office. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, typically referred to as AMLO for short, will begin his six-year term as Mexico's new president on Saturday, December 1. AMLO will inherit a host of issues to fix, but as the country faces an influx of migrants from Central America who have congregated near the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, this latest development has come to the forefront of his expansive task list.

The U.S. capital markets were sent in the green on news that the United States and Canada reached an agreement to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, which will be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Canada ETFs also gained as well as Mexico ETFs like the Direxion Daily MSCI Mexico Bull 3X ShsETF (MEXX) . MEXX was up 2.45% as of 2:30 p.m. ET and up 9.2% within the past month.

As tariffs, sanctions, and politics continue to coalesce into a shadow of uncertainty hanging overhead, the markets haven’t blinked—at least not the US markets. The S&P 500 Index is hovering around all-time ...

Mexico-focused ETFs gained on news that the United States and Mexico have officially struck a deal, effectively revamping the current North American Free Trade Agreement. The iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ...

Per a Politico report, the United States and Mexico are finalizing a deal on the automotive rules of origin section as part of an effort to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement. This would mark a significant step forward in renegotiating NAFTA as the autos deal has been one of the primary points of contention in getting a deal done. Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo is set to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Thursday for another round of ministerial meetings running through Friday, reports Politico.

The iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF (NYSEArca: EWW), an ETF that tracks the investment results of the MSCI Mexico IMI 25/50 Index and is the largest Mexico-focused ETF based on assets, is up 0.23 percent ...

Heading into 2018, it was widely expected that emerging markets central banks would hold off on raising interest rates. Mexico was seen as the exception. Although Mexico is an export-driven economy, the declining peso has been of no assistance to Mexican equities this year.